Captain Shaw Sullivan made room for several new crewmembers aboard the Gilly. Though suspicious of Earth’s motives, Shaw continues his pre-assigned route for census studies. The honest work keeps them moving ahead of the bounty hunters looking to collect while he figures out his next move.

With tensions aboard the Gilly straining crew tempers, Shaw decides its time for a break. They aren’t on the planet five minutes before Tika finds them another stray—this one a bio-engineer with a huge price on his head.

Just what they needed…

Warning: This is not a romance. It’s a wild, space romp with some rough and tumble characters who aren’t all that likable most days.

Heather Long's Bio

National bestselling author, Heather Long, likes long walks
in the park, science fiction, superheroes, Marines, and men
who aren't douche bags. Her books are filled with
heroes and heroines tangled in romance as hot as Texas
summertime. From paranormal historical westerns to
contemporary military romance, Heather might switch genres,
but one thing is true in all of her stories—her
characters drive the books. When she's not wrangling
her menagerie of animals, she devotes her time to family and
friends she considers family. She believes if you like your
heroes so real you could lick the grit off their chest, and
your heroines so likable, you're sure you've
been friends with women just like them, you'll enjoy
her worlds as much as she does.